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Originally Posted by Chibi-Chan
Don't pretend this is about Ayu dating younger or older guys. This is about power dynamics between teenagers and adults as well as between a superior and a subordinate which turns it from dating into abuse, be it on a sexual or emotional level. If Max was dating Ayu, she did nothing wrong since he was the abuser - if Ayu is dating Pei, she is at fault and this time the abuser.
I never had anything about her dating/marrying Tyson. Tyson was also considerably younger than Ayu, but he was neither a teen, nor her subordinate and apparently also financially well off because of his family background. If Ayu and Max would start dating now, I also wouldn't have anything against it.
But if you really think adults having sex with teenagers is the only way for some adults to not join a covent I don't know what to say anymore.
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Absolutely accurate. Have we becomes so used to seeing actors in their 40s and 50s dating 19 year old models that we no longer see it as what it is? It's gross and the older person in the relationship is definitely preying on the younger's hunger for fame and money.
I don't know if it's Ayumi's team that's grossly incompetent or whether it's just her who doesn't listen to anyone but this is really a desperate move (but not a surprising one) . I don't think this was info anyone was really anxious to learn more about and honestly as chibi-chan said previously it will make the Japanese public question whether Ayumi really earned her success or whether her relationship with Max is what got her to that level of fame.
Personally I think it will backfire and Ayumi will continue to be mocked by Japanese society but who knows. If it really gets made into a tv drama and Ayumi contributes decent music to it, maybe it will be her chance to have the public actually care about her again.